#someone teach him how to use reddit

[smallermangoes]

You can thank or blame @mellifloss and @kittysquire for whatever this is. I am the number one cringe Rei Sakuma apologist, I think he could be even more cringe actually.

[deathlygristly]

For some reason I decided to read a Reddit thread on When The Phone Rings. Yes, I know, that's on me. But I've seen the sentiment on here too.

I guess it's what the kids call "antis"? Like this is a fictional show, none of it is real, and I seriously doubt any of the people watching will ever get switched for their older step-sister in an arranged marriage to the presidential spokesperson, who is the son of another chaebol family that's into politics. But then it turns out that the original son of the political family was a serial killer and the grandfather tried to drown him when he was a kid and then replaced him with the orphan who grew up to be the spokesperson. But the serial killer son survived the drowning attempt, and now the grown up serial killer son and also possibly the twin of one of the serial killer's victims is coming after the adopted son.

Like y'all are not going to be in this situation IRL, okay? You are not going to be in an arranged marriage with a man who is severely traumatized by seeing the drowning attempt, being taken from the man who had taken him in and raised him, and forced to live with people who did not like him and who controlled and abused him and who only wanted to use him to appear "normal" and "likable" so they could win elections and get political power.

And if you ever are in that situation for some reason, it's extremely unlikely that after three years of not communicating at all and pretty much being strangers you'll be targeted by a kidnapper, steal the kidnapper's phone, use the phone to finally communicate a bit, and end up with your husband revealing that he's obsessively loved you all along.

This is fiction. Maybe the female lead falling down a cliff and being fine and the male lead being in two explosions and being fine would clue you in on that? I don't know. Like someone said in the thread, these people must be why dramas all have a disclaimer now at the beginning saying that the drama is fiction and the events aren't real or based on anything real. Not that it helps.

It's just....it's weird and kind of conservative Christian culty how they're all "oh noes but young girls will think that it's okay if their husband doesn't talk to them for three years and is a bit mean!" If you're really worried about that then maybe you should be teaching your daughters or younger sisters or young female friends or students or whatever about boundaries and abuse and emotional awareness instead of not communicating with them at all, like how you say it's so bad that the characters are doing in the beginning of the show?

Also, okay, I've been married for 22 years and we started dating 25 years ago. I can assure you that the spousal person is awesome and our relationship is fine and healthy and the people at our favorite restaurant exclaim over us every time we come in and when I was in the hospital after gallbladder surgery the doctors called us "lovebirds." It's very easy to separate reality from fiction and to enjoy watching characters and stories that aren't your personal perfect ideal template of whatever and still have a healthy and enjoyable life.

If it's not easy for you, I think that's more a personal matter that you need to investigate and work on in your own life instead of judging and hating strangers online about it? Maybe you could look into resources for recovery from high control groups?

[ilikepjo24]

Lol another dumb take on reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/CharacterRant/s/ER8SmBToSm

WOW! There are so many things to unpack here...

"Iroh, the most-" Iroh!? IROH!? THE Iroh!? The "redeemed" warlord that only gave a fuck about being a warlord after it affected him personally? That Iroh? The Iroh that left a child to bare the weight of a nation just bc he, the mature responsible adult, wanted to sit on his ass instead of being mature and responsible? THAT Iroh? It seems awful like both those actions appear to be those of a selfish and unempathetic person. And let's not forget that even after his "redemption" he assaulted June. So how exactly is he the most understanding and kind person in the show, exactly?

Would you like to know who actually is the most understanding and kind person in the show? AANG.

The boy who found it in himself to forgive and learn to have affection for the dude that chased him around the world and almost hurt/killed him and his friends multiple times. The boy who found it in himself to forgive the nation that genocided his people enough to want to help them, teach them their old ways and bring them back to the light. The boy that found it in himself to spare Ozai, a sadistic, manipulative, abusive warlord that wanted to watch the world burn in an attempt to satisfy his narcissism. And may the record note that Iroh did not extended his own brother the same mercy. He believed Ozai needed to die, when Aang didn't. So Aang is more empathetic, understanding and kind that Iroh.

And do you know what Aang has to say about Azula?

That he believes in her ability to do good and be good. That he trusts her to do so. He could have had her executed. He didn't. He could have taken away her bending. He didn't. He could have said she's born evil and a bad egg. He didn't. He put in a good word for her. He said she did something good. That can be good. THAT'S what the actual most understanding and kind person in the whole franchise has to say about Azula.

"She smiles when-" So did everyone else and so does everyone ever alive when justice is served. Because for the audience, the event was unfair and traumatizing. But for the people of the Fire Nation it was justice. And it's only normal for people to be happy when justice is served. When a groomer goes to jail you don't think "oh, that poor groomer", you think "good, this piece of shit definitely deserved it". Similarly, in the Fire Nation, an imperialistic dictatorship, when someone disrespects their Firelord, which they worship as almost a god (if not more, bc we see them worship their Firelord more often than Agni), and that person gets punished they don't think "oh, that like boy", they think "good, this piece of shit definitely deserved it". That's not called "being a bad egg", that's called propaganda and borderline mass brainwashing.

"She mocks-" She's repeating what she heard from adults in her life. That's not being a bad egg, that's bad parenting.

"She tortures-" Not cannon in any way. We've heard that she threw bread at them. Not only was that told from Zuko's pov, who's known to be a biased narrator when it comes to Azula, but it's also not even that freaking bad. It's bread, when it hits the water it becomes soft. No one ever died because they got hit by a loaf of bread. And she doesn't burn them with.

"Her mother's comments-" Oh, you mean the "what is wrong with that child"? That comment? That comment that was thrown at a child after doing a very normal childlike thing? I used to to play execution with my Barbie dolls and beheading them by pulling off their heads and my least favourites would always be the ones that got executed. Kids break toys they don't value and/or like. Azula is not obligated to like or value a gift that wasn't for her. The doll was a gift for every little girl. It wasn't personal. It wasn't hers. She doesn't have to like or value it. She doesn't have to not break it. The only reason that she chose fire instead of execution is because she had fire handy. That comment Ursa made was absolutely not justified.

"She's never given an excuse-" Not only is this take proof that media literacy is dead, it's flat out anti-intellectualism. We see that Fire Nation schools brainwash kids by shoving propaganda in their faces and we know Azula went in a Fire Nation school. All that's left to do is put 2 and 2 together. It's 4. It's fucking 4. Azula was brainwashed in the Fire Nation school that she went to that brainwashes Fire Nation kids. Canon fact. Use your brain.

"Her vision of what she wants is twisted-" What, exactly, is twisted about wanting to be acknowledged by your family that is proud of you, being loved by your family that is supposed to love you anyway, and completing the mission you've been brainwashed into thinking is the right thing all your life? What is twisted about reaching expectations and having a happy family? I'll wait.

"We're supposed to sympathize with the spi- No, we're not. The spirit is very obviously a liar and a manipulator as we've seen throughout the whole damn comic. And it wants to eat her. The spirit is the villain of the story that has been continuously twisting reality to weaken Azula's ambition and will to fight back, so that it could kill her. By the end of the comic we're supposed to know that the spirit is a full of shit and we shouldn't trust what it says, since all it has said throughout the whole comic is lies. Not sympathize with it.

"Rationalizations of her behavior are believe yet unprovable and based on subtext." It's almost like she's not the main character. The show isn't going to take time diving into her background. They are going to only give us subtext and we have to use our critical thinking skills and come to a believable conclusion, as we do. Zuko loving Ursa isn't outright stated at the show at any point, but we know it's a fact because we see it in the way they interact. We know his mother matters to him because he thinks of her and misses her. That's subtext. And we know Azula is not to blame for the person she was bought up to be because Fire Nation schools canonically brainwash their students. That's subtext. You can't selectively decide that this subtext is enough to prove this point, but that subtext doesn't prove that point because it's not outright stated. That's called double standards.

"The show portrays her as being inherently evi-" The show? You mean the same show that didn't even portray the genocider, treacherous dictator (Sozin) and the abusive, manipulative dictator (Ozai) as inherently evil went out of its way to portray the manipulated, abused, brainwashed child as a bad egg? ...Sure. That's what happened.

"Mai and Ty Lee do the same stuff but are portrayed differ-" No, they are not. Mai is portrayed as somebody who abused the power they have over others, since she views ordering servants around as a fun activity, and as somebody who has no empathy towards their family, as she didn't hesitate to agree that her brother has less worth than a king. Ty Lee is portrayed as sadistic, since she's animated to smirk and sneer while taking down soldiers defending their homes. I think she even goes as far as to mock them at sons point, but take that with a pinch of salt. They are portrayed to be classist, sadistic, unempathetic people that only give a fuck about the select few and mystery everybody else. Y'all just refuse to see it because Ty Lee is cute and is constantly infantilized because of it and because Mai protected your lord and savior, Zuko, right after she was done being classist and unempathetic. They are not portrayed as better, you just go out of your way to portray Azula as worst.

"Even in LoK-" Azula is given Freudian Excuse. You just refuse to see it because, as opposed to Legend of Korra, the creators do not chew your food up and spit it in your mouth for you to swallow. You have to put the pieces of the puzzle together and make realization. Which can understandably be hard for people that have a brain the size of a peanut, like yourself.

"It feels weird for a show like Avatar to imply somebody was evil from birt-" It feels weird because it is weird and it is weird because it's something they would never do which is why they didn't do it. You literally just created this narrative inside of your head while understanding that it goes completely against the philosophy of the show. And now it's weird to you that it doesn't align with the show? Make it make sense.

This isn't asking for an Azula redemption arc (although "this fourteen-year-old who was acting under orders of a tyrannical fire lord can't be redeemed" seems incredibly harsh), this is just me wondering why the writers consistently, across mediums, refuse to suggest that she's even the slightest bit a product of her environment? But Zuko gets a pass for pretty much everything more or less? Alright then lol.

This is close to being the smartest thing you have said during this post. Unfortunately it is easy to notice that some of the creators just don't like Azula. That's it. That's the reason why. They don't like her and they don't want her to have a happy ending. So it's good that somebody else is riding this show now. Faith Erin Hicks, as we see from her comic, is not afraid to treat Azula as the victim she is, and is not afraid to lay the blame on the adults that failed her. As opposed to previous creators, she seems to be willing to apply the general philosophy of the show in Azula's character as well. Which is something she's able to do because Azula is not, in fact, inherently evil. She's a victim of abuse and a manipulated child that has done some very fucked up things but has all her life ahead of her to grow up and be better.

Give us a scene of Ozai molding her into the cruel person she is

Supporting and praising bad behavior is enabling it. A good parent would say "I understand that you were upset at feeling as though you were underestimated when you got efficient results, but it's important to keep your cool and respect your instructors since they have more experience than you. If you feel as though the inability of this instructor to stray from traditional paterns is holding you back, communicate that problem with me, and I'll find you a new teacher if it's necessary." Does Ozai do that? No. What does he do? Praise her. What will Azula do in response? Repeat the same behavior to receive praise again. What is that called? Nursing cruel/bad behavior.

Give us a scene of Azula being at least a normal child at some point.

Stealing sweets at a sleepover and recreating scenes from a movie/play with your sibling? I recall doing both those things as a child. We're talking about universal normal child experiences.

Don't vindicate her mother being cruel.

The narrative itself is not excusing Ursa. Azula herself goes to lengths to hold her accountable, actually. The only ones excusing Ursa's actions are Zuko, who's looking at her through rose colored glasses, because she's one of the first people to show him love, and he wants to sing the best of her, and the fandom, for the same exact reason.

Have Iroh say something slightly more insightful than "she's a crazy bitch leave her alone"

Personally, I don't value Iroh's opinion at all. I think he has to work through the issues that he obviously has with himself, instead of projecting those issues onto Azula, which is what he's doing. But since you care about his opinion so much, here's him saying Azula has the capability to find peace.

Here's an easy one: instead of smiling when Zuko got burnt, Azula looks visually horrified. That tiny, tiny change would've made her far more nuanced! It wouldn't be much, but not only would it make the fire lord's actions seem even worse, it shows us that deep down, she does--or at least, did--care! This is more in line with the show's themes and far more interesting than "she's just gonna be super evil hehe".

Here's the thing. Azula doesn't smile because she's just so "evil hehe". She's smiling because Zuko is receiving a just punishment for his actions. At least as far as she's concerned.

Think about it, in the Fire Nation they treat their King as a god. They pray/say an anthem/swear loyalty to the Firelord and the crown every single day. It should be needless to point out that nobody would question the actions of the Firelord. They would just assume that this is the correct course of action because this is what the Firelord is doing.

Azula not only is a subject of that Firelord but she is the daughter of her father. She was 11 when the Agni Kai. At that age, kids do not question their parents. The think things are right because the parents do it. If Dad is upset with Zuko, then Zuko must have done something wrong, because Dad can't be wrong, he's Dad, he's never wrong.

So both as his daughter and as his subject, Azula has been conditioned from the day she was born to think that he's always right. So when he decides to punish Zuko, that's just another instance where he's right. So why would Azula be upset with him for being right? Especially considering that if she were upset with him, it's possible that you would also receive a punishment for disagreeing with his methods.

So imagine you are Azula. You see your dad, who is always right, and is also your king, who is also always right do something. Anything. Do you think to yourself "Why would he do that? That's bad!" or do you think "He's right for doing what he does because he's always right."? She's under the impression that he's a just ruler and father, so why wouldn't she be satisfied at the sight of him rendering justice to the foolish subject that disobeyed? Especially when having a different opinion can result to being in danger?

Do we get anything from the answer to her personality being "bad egg"?

No, we don't. Which is why this isn't what they did. You just have a false idea of pretty much everything regarding Azula's character and how it was handled.

Thus proven.

[projectcaramel]

Obey Me! Random Headcanon #18

The Undates + Luke's screentime

Diavolo

Average: 6 hours per day

Usually for work purposes, but when he gets sucked into games, he plays them whenever possible.

He doesn't let his D.D.D. fall asleep when he texts MC because he wants to make sure he doesn't miss their text back. *Person who frequently has to turn "Do Not Disturb" mode on (and forgets it's on) to stop his D.D.D. from sending him a notification every minute.

Barbatos

Average: < 10 minutes per day

Generally has no reason to use his D.D.D. unless it's to scold Diavolo talk to friends, but otherwise has little other motivation to use it.

This is not to say he never spends a lot of time with electronics. If it happens to be convenient and/or effective, Barb will not hesitate to use any of them for long periods of time.

Simeon

Average: 5 hours per day

We all know he's severely technologically challenged, and he generally does not use his D.D.D. when applicable. That being said, he surprisingly knows how to touch-type quite well (95 wpm) and will write for hours until Luke pesters him to please eat something.

Outliers for his D.D.D. screentime are generally days where someone engages in the monumental task of attempting to teach him how to use the device, where the victim volunteer can spend over 10 hours in a frustrating IT hell educating him.

Luke

Average: 2 hours per day

Luke generally uses his D.D.D. for recipes, similar to Beel, and puzzle games that Levi got him into.

Simeon used to check his screentime (with Levi's help) to make sure that Luke wasn't getting attached to his D.D.D. Although he now rarely does it and has conceded that Luke can probably spend longer on it, Luke rarely deviates from the 2 hour guideline he was originally given.

Solomon

Average: 7 hours per day

Spends a lot of time on ResearchGate, JSTOR, Academia, etc. along with Devildom sites like MallusR (Major source for current magic research), T-LCC (Three-Legged Crow Conglomerate)'s blog, and Deaddit (An open forum with striking similarities to Reddit).

His screentime easily fluctuates depending on who he's with, and with MC in particular, he does not use his D.D.D. at all unless they're doing something like watching funny cat videos.

-- Caramel: The global average screentime (2024) is 6 hours and 40 minutes. The recommended amount for adults is 2 hours.

No wonder my eyes hurt. --

[cho-aaacho]

(Hc's) Gamer Boyfriend! Gojo Satoru

Masterlist

Tags : Teen Gojo, Gamer Gojo, Classmate Gojo, Soft Gojo, Secret Crush, Best Friends to Lovers, Idiots in Love, Reader is Genderless.

The first time you met Gojo Satoru, you thought he was a typical basketball captain with a sunny aura emanating from him. He rarely talks to any other classmate; come on, he's so popular.

At that time, it was a nice summer in Tokyo. You and Shoko were cleaning the class, and he suddenly approached you, patted your shoulder, squeezed them a bit, and asked, "What is your Game ID?"

"Excuse me? I don't play such games, Gojo-kun."

"I'll teach you."

Such a weird boy, to be honest.

He brings two PSPs to school so you can play with him during lunch break.

"You know it's illegal to bring a console to school, Gojo-kun."

"Well, I have permission from Yaga-sensei. He gifted me that PSP as my birthday present. Hey, watch out; you'll lose."

He memorized all the gaming YouTubers' names along with their most-watched videos.

He wears a headband while playing games.

He is the leader of a gaming community's gang. It wasn't a bad gang; it was just a group of gamers who loved to share their interests.

He can spend 13 hours playing games on weekends, and he'll come out of his room only when his dad yells at him or when you visit his home.

Sleeping in class has become a habit for him. When he does that, he'll snuggle on your lap to hide his face from Yaga-sensei.

But Yaga-sensei always caught him.

His favorite song is Resident Evil—The Save Room, and he'll play that song while cleaning the classroom.

He always messages you when he's ready to play games. It almost makes you dizzy because he always spams you when you don't reply to him.

Despite how bad you are at the game, he'll teach you patience, talking in soft tones while guiding you step by step.

He rarely opens the mic, but when he does, he'll mock the other players and say how bad they are at the game. He's so aggressive, but you find it cute because he always tries his best not to include you.

"You're my best friend. I would never hurt you. Our team is just stupid; let's play another game, shall we?"

He loves Manga Cafes so much. He always invited you to join him and read all his recommendations.

"This manga is so good, but the MC is so lame and stupid."

Gladly to holding your hands in Akiba and making sure you don't fall or bump into someone else. His palm is so warm and big.

His mom loves you, and whenever he invites you to his mom, Mrs. Gojo will give you a nice and delicious cake along with expensive tea.

"Where's Satoru?" — Geto Suguru.

"He's in the manga cafes, I guess." — Ieiri Shoko.

Absent from school has been your weekly activity with him. But he doesn't want Yaga-sensei to catch you two. So you'll spend your time at his home, eating cake or ice cream, playing games, and taking a nap.

Of course, he didn't do anything else besides playing games or napping. He's a gentleman, after all. A good boy.

You can find him on Reddit.

He uses a combination of your name and his as a password for his computer, he even changes his Game ID to that.

He never cheats at games.

He is an admin of a Discord server and is talking about an underrated game.

"Hey, I know you and Satoru are close like a flower and water. But make sure to not miss my class, okay?" —Yaga-sensei

He hates Gacha games so much. He thought it wasn't a game at all. "My gacha luck is so bad this month. Oh, damn."

He has two different Twitter accounts. One with a cute avatar and only follows you. The other one he uses to share his gaming progress.

Gojo may be in love with you. Because every time you interact with someone else on the Discord server, he'll kick them; remember, he's an admin.

He loves to lean his head against your chest while playing games, and when he falls asleep, you let him be. He’s so dramatic but cute at the same time.

"Hey, I know it sounds crazy and lame, but hear me out. I don't know what will happen to us when we graduate. But I want to be your gaming buddy until we are old. Even if I have dementia, I will find another way to remember you."

"I want to spend my life with you, not only to play games but also to do everything with you. Because I love you."

[nicomoon69]

College AU (or a retirement job au?) where Bernard is a Biology Professor and Tim is a [doesn’t matter] Professor. For the sole purpose of this interaction:

Professor Drake accidentally enters the lecture hall Bernard was teaching in.

Professor Dowd, planning to use Drake as an example of how little we know about our bodies, asks “Professor Drake, could you tell me where your spleen is located?”

Drake replies, “Probably in a jar somewhere in Asia.”

Dowd: 😧

That interaction starts their enemies to lovers story. It was posted on the internet and it wants them to fuck

O MY GODS YES!!!! Bernard would hate Tim somehow being witty with the weirdest story ever and Tim would be so smug bc “HA gotchu”

and not to delve into headcanons but to delve into headcanons I think Tim should teach a language. like he somewhere while heroing does a smth part time and it’s something he already knows so he’s somewhat breezing through it outside of the like cultural side of the study (my preference goes for like Chinese or Ancient Greek) (also disclaimer idk how language studies work outside of the Netherlands so if that’s not how they work in the us mb) and then when he quits hero life does like a master before he ends up teaching at Gotham University (so this would be a retirement AU)

anyways I think them somehow not realizing its Bernard Dowd and Tim Drake from high school would be funny. like they’re beefing for months without ever noticing that “hey wasn’t that the weirdo I went to school with briefly” bc atp it would’ve been years (they’re like well into heir 30s I think) and neither of them rlly recognize the other outside of “hm this feels familiar but I’m not gonna look too deep into it”

also Bernard hating on Tim for being a rookie professor bc Bernard has been working at the university for years while Tim random ass decided after his master that “hey I mean since they asked me why the hell not teach”

and everyone at least somewhat knows of the homoerotic professor fights happening. like you said the internet wants them to fuck!!! someone made a reddit post or smth that blew up (and neither of them is aware bc Bernard learned to not be chronically online anymore and Tim quit the internet bc his psychologist told him to)

them realizing who the other is should also be the most anticlimactic thing ever. random student points it out and they both go “huh”

[slocumjoe]

Companions on social media

Cait; Posts gym thirst traps and videos of her working out or getting into fistfights. Can be found in the comments and DMs of women, gay or otherwise. Lots of activity in sobriety and self-help communities. Doesn’t have a lot of followers, but does fundraiser streams for a week every three months she's sober. The money goes to child abuse prevention foundations. Her most recent charity streams had her trying to get all achievements on Just Dance after someone donated 10k requesting it.

Codsworth; self-help videos for people struggling to take care of themselves. How to tidy up, how to take effective breaks, what needs to be cleaned in a house and what supplies you need...very useful, very popular with college students and teens. Once posted a video of him going at wasps with a chainsaw and gained a million subs overnight.

Curie; children's educational YouTube channel that's, somehow, more popular with young adults. Science experiments gone wrong. Think Jackass and Mythbusters hosted by a tiny French woman who approaches everything with the joy and whimsy of My Little Pony. Her most popular videos are her 100k subscriber specials, a series where she goes ghost and cryptid hunting to disprove them and demonstrate the fraudulence you can find behind such things.

Danse; has a Facebook for work purposes. It has a profile photo only because Haylen insisted. Fears the internet deeply, thinks its the closest humanity can get to staring into the void and seeing something blink. Unbeknownst to him, there's a viral video of him teaching a workout regimen to trainees. The comment sections are pure thirst. All of his coworkers know and made an oath to never speak of it.

Deacon; Is the one who snuck into training and got that video. Posted it to r/NextFuckingLevel with 🥵🥵🥵 for a caption. Owns several large meme accounts, all with distinct personalities and lives. Someone tried to dox him after suspicions, but found all accounts had different IPs and info. He's just that good. His Facebook changes profile photo every. Single. Day. He consumes an absurd amount of audio books. Drops CRAZY money on charity streams to make the host do weird shit, like 100% Just Dance. Probably sells feet pics.

Dogmeat; The internet's darling. Nick Valentine's dog who doesn't help with catching bad guys, but with far more important things; Dogmeat cuddles and plays with victims at the scene or in court. Also trained in search and rescue. Much of Dogmeat's page is just Nick sharing important information (hotlines, self-defense, survival tips, et cetera) while petting or playing with Dogmeat. Kind of a McGruff the Crime Dog vibe.

Gage; Facebook that he uses to cyberbully cop pages and Craigslist to offer his...unconventional services (pretending to be your boyfriend at family gatherings to cause drama). His pet lizard, an Argentine Tegu, has an Instagram with 3k followers. The Tegu often wins pet competitions and Gage posts the awards captioned with 🖕🏻💚🦎💚🖕🏻. Works at an amusement park, posts tell-all confessions on Reddit.

MacCready; Facebook with friends and family, posts a lot of Duncan. His YouTube history is videos for Duncan. Lots of Curie's videos. Mac has a Craigslist and LinkedIn, does odd jobs when he isn't working as a security guard at a shooting range. Activite in communities about comics, shows, and video games. Sometimes he'll post a theory about a show or comic and he's usually right. Really enjoys the meltdowns of fandoms when the media takes a nasty turn, even if he's also betrayed.

Nick; Ellie runs Dogmeat's page, Nick just does the talking. As for Nick himself, has some pages for his work (that Ellie also manages) and a Facebook profile to stay in touch with friends and family. Much like Danse, consumes media offline—except for poetry. Most of his screen time is spent on Poetry.com, one of those people that leave comments. He likes how the internet makes information and art accessible. Very peaceful and wholesome internet time.

Hancock; The void that Danse is scared of. Also does streams, but not only for fundraisers. Streams high. Streams himself trying to find his way back to his apartment late at night. Always end up in a fast food joint, trying to convince the workers to unionize. Twitter shitposter until a politician needs cyberbullying. Organizes protests. Extremely active in Massachusetts' political scene, his fans are a force to be reckoned with. Has fistfought his own fans before. Occasionally cancels himself to prove a point. Makes mock apology videos whenever another celeb/influencer fucks up.

Preston; Park ranger and community organizer. Uses Facebook and TikTok to appeal to all ages. Is unfairly good at TikTok dances. Posts safety tips, upcoming event information, etc. Does a lot of work with Dogmeat and Nick. Posts bodycam footage of him arresting people, like shutting down fire-themed gender reveal parties, or poachers. Not a lot of followers, but the bodycam footage goes viral on subreddits like r/Instant_Karma.

Piper; a journalist and blogger. Posts videos of her political rants and makeup/hair routine. Joins Hancock in politician cyberbullying. Makes commentary essays and videos, sometimes book reviews. Appears on podcasts. Her media presence is decently known, but mild. She tries to keep herself distant from it. Despite this, has a good-sized following who appreciate the lack of parasociality. Her most famous video is her trying to find the best coffee spots in Boston.

X6-88; security guard for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who got stuck running the Twitter when the last guy got arrested on weed charges. Piper keeps DMing for an interview and he keeps blocking her accounts. He has LinkedIn for work. Half of it is redacted and involves NDAs. No other media presence except for one thing; he's an infamous esports cryptid. Across a few different shooter games, a high-rank player called X6-88 (its just his first initial and the numbers on his security badge) fucking curbstomps everyone in the match. He has never died or missed a shot. Never speaks in chat, never in team chat. He's a legend among gamers. For him, he's just relaxing on a Friday night, keeping his senses sharp. Doesn't realize there are compilation videos of streamers raging at him.

[fancy-graphics63]

Boxers Baby Sit Peter {Headcaanon}

With Mac Being a Boxer, And a Champian, He Doesn't Always Have time to be with his younger Brother, So, Here is a Little Headcanon for peter being baby set by the boxers.

Note:

I Did Share This Head Canon On Reddit First, But I Liked To Bring It Here On Tumblr This Is Based On My {And Some Others'} Headcanon, That Little Mac And SPO {SNES} Protagonist Are Siblings, With Little Mac Being The Older And SNES Mac {Who We Call Peter Punch Here} Is The Youngest

I Might Make A little Story About It, But Only God Know If I'll Do It Or Not

Glass Joe: Would Teach Peter About French Culture and maybe take him to a cafe {If peter was a good boy, he'll gift him a bag of french pastries}

Von Kiser: Might Treat Him Like How He Treat His Students, But Since Peter is a teenager, He Would Go A Bit harder on him {Still, he won't actually Hurt him}

Disco Kid: I Like To Imagine Disco Kid Having The "Rich Aunt" Energy, Where He Spoil Peter with Stuff, Plus Maybe dance together {Even when mac told him that peter should not listen to loud music}

King Hippo: Similar To Disco Kid But With Food, Taking Him To A Restaurant And Have a Very Big Meal, To Big That Peter Was in Shock {ofc the boy didn't eat much, but it was kinda fun}

Piston Hondo: Ofc, He's Gonna Be The More Strict One, And Teaching The Boy Some Manners, And Maybe Tea Break

Bear Hugger: Probably Would Teach Him How To Play Hockey, And Spend some times with ms.bear, also, he might actually act like a mama bear with him

Great Tiger: Somehow Peter Got Out Of Control That Led to Tiger To Use, Not 4, Not 5, Not 6, But 8 Clones To Keep Him Under Control {Promised To Not Babysit Again after it}

Don Flamenco: Would Let Carmen Help Him With Peter, And Maybe Try To Influence Him On Typical Romantic Stuff, Like Roses {Peter Finds It Weird}

Aran Ryan: No

Soda Popinski: They Won't Do Much, But Soda Would Buy the boy a drink {Juice to be clear}

Bald Bull: Ofc He Will Not be actually Aggressive, Giving Him Being an Uncle Himself {HC From Someone} He Know How To Treat Such a Young Teen

Super Macho Man: Either Be Another "Rich Aunt", Or simply would not babysit at all

Mr. SandMan: Either 2 Things, Peter Finding Sandman so scary that he can't say no to him, or Sandman trying to BE Scary To make peter listen to everything he say {the difference is, our pete is not scared of sandie}

Bonus

I Saw Someone HC That He's Little Mac's Uncle so

Pizza Pasta: Would Gladly Take Care Of Peter While Mac Train {Also He Make Him Help Him In The Kitchen}

[sailingfireshipz]

Because @stellariders & @chicagofires are fueling this fire & I have very minimal self-control, here we fucking go.

First, let me preface this rant with the following context. This situation triggers me so much because I am a WOC in a predominantly male industry so I see myself in the struggles that Stella has been exposed to & it's simply not fucking fair. So this take will be framed from my POV...Perspective & Perception. The fact that I have to preface this rant with the above statement instead of just saying how I feel is exactly the fucking point I'm about to make 🙃

(Grab a snacky snack)

"You have to be what?"... you have to be 2x as good, work 3x as hard, to receive HALF of the recognition, praise, grace, & chances. They can fail upwards or even have a promotion fall into their hands "cough cough" whereas you have to drive yourself up the wall just to prove that you're worthy of the opportunity. Because ONE mistake can & will follow you throughout your entire career. & that constantly plays in the background, like static when it comes to Stella Kidd. & I feel like Stella knows that, which is why she came in, did her job, did it damn good, & proved that she can hang with the best of the best at 51 but it was never quite enough for some people & i wonder why. There's never been a moment where she has been above reproach or criticism. How can she be out of fear of being labeled difficult, aggressive, or hard to work with as the only "broad on truck" & let me be clear I'm using that term & phrase because thats exactly what Hermann said when she joined truck 81.... yuck! Anyway, how can she make a mistake when the few mistakes she has made have followed her. She fucked up in 7x02 why is it S10 & Casey if implying she can't come with him when Severide & squad 3 were under water because she might be to emotionally charged. (LOL excuse me but didnt you jump out of a moving firetruck when your poor Sylvie was hurt, hypocrite much?) Didn't see Brett or Violet volunteering to hop on the boat & Stella is a trained paramedic or EMT so she would have been an asset. She messed up in S8 so why did they just take away her teaching at the academy versus addressing burnout & how to prioritize her time to be able to do both, because she was & is fully capable of doing both she just needed direction & support...She made a mistake in S10 by going mia & she apologized profusely for it but it still felt like Kelly held back & almost iced her out a bit longer than necessary. But in S9 when he royally messed up she immediately took him back & told him she wasn't going to let him get away again even though it wasn't her fault, he iced her out to begin with. Oh not even touching on the fact that him icing her out in S9 absolutely fucked with her confidence in her abilities to the point she almost skipped out on the LT exam.....🙂

When her CAPTAIN no less saw her burning it on all fronts in S8.. what did he do? How did he act? Was it with compassion or care, or did he get snappy & reprimand? Did Stella argue, talk back, or provide excuses? No, instead, she took accountability for her actions & tried to do better even though she KNEW she was drowning & overwhelmed. Instead of creating a safe space for her to be like hey captain, I'm struggling prioritizing how you manage she went internal & pushed herself to the brink of self exhaustion that she could have killed herself or someone else.

So let's talk about how Gallo on the other hand came in & had his own share of potential life or death mistakes with Casey & how he was down right disrespectful to Pelham & how he was inappropriate in the attitude & tone he took with Stella when questioning her about Carver. I never saw fucking reddit think pieces on how disrespectful, cocky, arrogant or annoying he was. Nope! He got a pass & a slap on the wrist time & time again. Casey even sat down with him, bought him a beer & they talked it out. So why couldnt Stella get that same grace? Yet when Stella very respectfully told Pelham "hey hesrd you are a great ff but I'll have to see for myself" parts of this fandom erupted, calling her all types of jealousy , entitled, etc. Never once saw Stella defy Pelhams commands or undermined his leadership. I dis however see her lay her busding career down on the line for a man she barely knew but did it because it was the right thing to do.

Casey was ready to cut Gallo loose on HIS FIRST fuck up after Boden told Casey he didn't want him at 51 because he was reckless. Had it not been for Boden providing Casey with Gallos' backstory, he would have cut him loose, i believe. Funny how Boden had to tell Casey about Gallos family history but Stella took it upon herself to try & work with & get to know Carvers backstory AFTER Boden, her mentor, her father figure & CHIEF told her who her next replacement on 51 was going to be.... Funny how the most turnover truck saw in 10 years was Jimmy, Gabby (chose not to return to truck) & Otis yet Stella is 2.5-3 years in & she's had to navigate through Mason, Gallo, Gibson, while dealing with shit from Carver & Damon.... you see the picture I'm painting here!?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but outside of Carver... who else has Boden forced his officers to take on their rig when they were explicitly against it..... I'll wait. Oh, but because "he's 51 material," you have to find a way to manage his bullshit & if you rewatch S11, Carver had a lot of BS. And I know we like Carver now because they abandoned the I have a crush on my married LT storyline, but I had actually forgotten how bad he was as an EMPLOYEE!

He is hot tempered & showcased high levels of aggression & anger in the workplace. Imagine Stella getting upset & punching or throwing things. Yelling at her LT or engaging in behavior that would have landed her in jail. Did we forget that this incident in S12 is Carvers' second physical altercation with a civilian... Never thought I'd be referencing Emma Jacobs, but one incident in the file is a hiccup.. two looks like a pattern of him not being able to control his temperament. We've seen Stella drunk ONE time because she'd been transferred out & they acted like she was being biligerant (go back & watch the scene & just look at how they're looking at her). Carver, however, is allowed to get drunk thrown in jail, call his LT to bail him out & Stella's supposed to what? Take it, leave her damn job in the middle of the night just for him to not be apologetic at ALL & then tell her oh this needs to stay been us. LMAO EXCUSE ME WHAT!!!!? & it would be one thing if this was a one off but AGAIN nope later in the SAME season he didn't just get himself into a physical altercation but dragged Gallo, Mouch, & Ritter into it also because he refused to REGULATE & walk away.

But wait, there's more. Remember how he went off on his LT in the locker room because he was upset & then proceeded to get drunk & call out on one shift & NCNS on another leaving her with no time to find a decent floater... & even after Kelly explicitly told her that she would lose no respect if she cut him loose, what did she do... she went to his apartment to check on him, make sure he was alright & gave him ANOTHER chance. Matt Casey, Kelly Severide & Hermann would absolutely never & I'm not saying it's a bad thing that Stella gave him so many chances what I'm saying is i don't feel like her reasoning behind all the chances were actually her own but more so rooted in not wanting it to be a failure on her part in the eyes of Boden. & that for me is problematic as hell.

Even in S12... for Carver to get into that restaurant brawl & immediately take furlough afterwards was just such a cowardly move because here you are AGAIN leaving your LT high & fucking dry on truck during a crirical time no less with Boden being up for that promotion!

Now, moving into this Damon storyline, I'm going to reserve a majority of my thoughts until we actually get to see it play out. However, one thing in the finale that was alarming to me was Stella's conversation with Violet. I interpreted it as Stella had all intentions of cutting Damon loose. He was a floater, she owed that man no loyalty & she specifically said she was in no rush to lock anyone down permanently after the Gibson issue. However, again, it felt like Stella decided to keep him on longer because of other external factors. ie: Carver leaving her high & dry again & Kelly seemed to like him. Those to me aren't good enough reasons because she's not making decisions that honor her experience with this man rather than those around her.

The reality is that Stella could have lost her command or even worse because of that brawl. That man could have reported them to the CFD brass, called the cops, blasted them in the media & SUED the CFD. & the first thing they would have asked Stella was why she did not have control of the scene or her direct reports. They would have hung this on her & the old hags at CFD would have been like see this is why women shouldn't be officers." Blah blah blah. The repeecussions would have been so much greater for Stella & could have derailed what shes worked so hard for & the fact that Carver & Damon don't get that irks me because they should have NEVER put her in that position to begin with. You don't bring reproach on your leader especially when your leader has run through walls to protect you, bailed you out of jail, hell thrown herself on top of you to shield you from a blast, etc.

& so in conclusion my next gripe is with the writers & showrunners because I wonder if they know. I wonder if they know & they're choosing to reinforce these stereotypical experiences without effectively addressing them. I wonder if they know that they're not romanticizing it all & that its not cute or funny but infuriating that it feeds a part of this fanbase that's actually disgusting & rooted in misogyny. Or maybe they don't know & it's a mixture of unconscious bias/ ignorance.

Regardless, it's 2024 & I'm tired of it! 😫 I'm all for showing the reality & challenges that women or woc in the CFD face on a day to day but I feel like why not use it as a platform to show that just because it's embedded in the systems doesn't make it right nor does it make a requirement for Stella or any other female officer to have to endure the shit. She should be able to fucking fire or discipline Carver, Damon or whoever on HER rig without being questioned on whether or not her emotions or personal experiences are clouding her judgment because she's earned that right. She studied, she worked her ass off, she took the test, she passed & she's the LT. She shouldn't have to explain why she gave Carver or anyone certain assignments because guess what? No assignment is too big or small when lives are on the line, right? She shouldn't have to feel obligated to keep Damon on her rig just because now he's her long lost BOL that withheld the truth from her his LT & even when he decided to come clean it wasn't to her his LT. I am praying that is not the narrative they push in S13 but tbh I wouldn't be surprised because they've already set the groundwork for it. She shouldn't have to explain her reasoning or endure another year of unprofessionalism on her rig all because the patriarchy will get upset that a woman is leading/ discipling men. Reading the comments on how Stella disciplined them in the finale really bothered me because yall can't be serious! Stella had ever right to be upset, to express that frustration & disappointment with them because at the end of the day, that was her scene, her fire fighters & her responsibility as the officer in charge.

It feels like the men on the show are allowed to have their emotions, their traumas, their demons & it be brushed over or romanticized with little to no consequence. However, that same grace is not extended to the strong female leads that have just as much trauma, pain, or demons. They vilified Gabby for hers & they try to do the same to Stella. it's not fair because if they were males, we wouldn't have the conversations of "Stella leading Grant on" "Stella putting people lives in danger" or "Stella's on a power trip & has let her rank go to her head"

I know that was a lot & if you made it to the end of this rage rant, thank you. This has been something I've been sitting on since S11 & tbh it feels good to get it out! 🥹

[kimyoonmiauthor]

Argument for Mao Mao (from Apothecary Diaries) being Ace...

BTW, currently sick and can't do much else... so...

but people misunderstand what it means to be ace?

I thought I would correct general misconceptions about asexuality by talking about Apothecary Diaries and why Maomao could be read as ace, as someone who is ace spec.

I kinda want to show the gaps in understandings about asexuality. This isn't particularly OMG, I'm going to hate on people for their lack of knowledge. If you enjoy that thing, please go away. I do not support bullying of any sort, yadda yadda, I thought this might be educational for allos out there.

BTW, not only using reddit.

No, Asexuality is limited, conditional, or no sexual *attraction* OR no interest in sexual activity (in which case, this is more than likely Black Stripe Ace, though not always).

But she shows it later therefore she's not ace? Nope. It means she could be ace spec. She's about 20 by the time she discovers sexual attraction.

Aesthetic attraction and sexual attraction aren't the same thing.

Mao Mao constantly says she understands why other people are attracted to Jinshi, but she is not. That could be aesthetic attraction.

One can have aesthetic attraction, without the sexual component.

lol Me all through high school.

You know how Het people sometimes say how their own sex is attractive and they can understand why people fawn over them? Same with aesthetic attraction.

She doesn't even fawn over him.

When she hears about someone handsome, she has zero interest in seeing them.

When she states this she's dispassionate, but she only states this *after* everyone else fawns over him. She even passed him earlier in Episode 1 and didn't even notice him whereas everyone else noticed him almost instantly:

which shows she's going by other people's reactions, not particularly her own. I float sometimes doing that, BTW. Especially since I have limited Aesthetic attraction too.

Emotionally repressed and Low EQ people still have sexual attraction. Likewise, highly emotionally intelligent people can be ace.

But confess to me out of hand and I'll flounder.

So short bit here, but my Mom (white) is somewhat emotionally repressed and controlling of her emotions. But she definitely has and has expressed sexual attraction which left me floored.

She said, for example, my soccer coach was sexy, which was awkward as a teenager. I saw the aesthetic attraction, but not the sexual attraction.

Now I'm probably more high in EQ, very expressive, and I'm still ace.

Mao Mao might express that she doesn't like to talk about her feelings that much, is disinterested because she wants to work on her career, but she also talks about sex in a very cold factual way. One does not preclude the other. I don't get it? Does this mean emotionally repressed people appear asexual to people? Or that emotionally repressed people can't be asexual? We have to work on this one and workshop it.

The reason *i* think Mao Mao could be asexual is because she keeps saying, I understand why this woman or why this man would be attractive to *someone else* and keeps saying after the Courtesans "teach" her things, "But I will never use it."

And those are ace lines.

A lack of healthy of emotions or sex doesn't make people think things like But I can understand why this person could be attractive to other people. Ah, a lot of people seem to like this person.

I've talked to a lot of people who were in similar situations and they didn't end up ace or appearing ace.

She also actively cringes when Jinshi flirts with her.

Emotionally repressed as an excuse again. Emotionally repressed people can be ace. And likewise they can be not ace. I've heard people in abused situations who are careful of their own sexuality, but they don't *cringe* when they are flirted with.

lol I do get the distant feeling of, "Oh, this person is trying to flirt with me, I feel really uncomfortable. How do I reject them?"

My allo relative said they'd find it a compliment. But I semi panic every time.

From Episode 2.

Yeah, like this. When she did this, this was when I started to suspect she was really ace. Her age, also, at the beginning is 17. 17 is late to not have sexual attraction, even back in the day, though I think I posted an article about that misconception. This could also indicate she is ace.

I did see a few arguments that because Maomao is Chinese, that she couldn't be ace because Asian cultures are emotionally repressed. O.o; Huh? That's just racism right there. The people posting those indicated they weren't Asian...

I won't list those... since I don't want people chasing others. As a contrast, Saiunkoku Monotogari, which is often compared to this anime, I didn't think the main character, Shurei, of that anime/light novel was ace. She showed sexual attraction, but little interest in following through because she was focused on other things. Also, she was mostly oblivious, or acted like it on purpose.

Maomao, though has so little sexual attraction to Jinshi that she thinks he might be gay.

Episode 3.

She's not particularly invested in attracting Jinshi's attention beyond food and drinking poisons.

Demisexual is part of the asexual spectrum... It's part of the gra/ey-ace part of the spectrum.

People are confusing Black Stripe Aces with all of aces.

Lines she says from the anime come down to probably more towards Black Stripe, but in the grey area and probably Sex Indifferent, not repulsed.

BTW, I also didn't feel sexual attraction until my 20's.

But a lot of people think in order to be ace, you have to be sex repulsed and have absolutely no sexual attraction, primary or secondary. And no... not the case.

I also grew up in a household where both my parents were probably a bit too frank about sex. My sibling didn't end up ace spec, but I did. I also have a practical view of sex.

One can have romantic attraction or be gray-aro (which she sorta expresses too, like she's envious about people who can fall in love at times), and still be ace.

So you can be attracted to someone without the sexual attraction.

Maomao also shows Aesthetic attraction to women:

She seems to understand more aesthetic attraction to women than men, though this doesn't particularly make her lesbian given the contexts. (Not throwing out asexual lesbian or asexual bi either).

Bonus: Thoughts Maomao might be also aro?

She compares love to medicine, a thing she loves, but this also shows she's never been in love before.

I can hear, but they don't know what aromanticism is...

And the story says this in Episode 15 after saying someone made it to their 40th birthday without marrying. This indicates Jinshi thought this person (not giving the spoiler) thought this person had no romantic attraction and wasn't aware of any relationships.

She's 17 and never been in love and doesn't particularly show romantic attraction either...

BTW, someone did say the author specifically hates the Jinshi and Maomao ship and there is some indication already that the story might end sadly with Jinshi might need to sacrifice Maomao. (She requested if he ever does, he gives her poison, which, BTW, would also give the story an out to an indicated happy ending).

Conclusion

OK, What I'm pointing to here, is that people seem to have a really skewed view of asexuality, as a whole.

They think that demisexuality is a different sexuality from asexuality. (Or in the worst case, there are only three camps of asexuality Death to the Lithosexuals and Ace fluxes...?).

Or in order to be ace you have to have no libido, no interest in sex... and can't have romantic attraction. That you can't be emotionally repressed and be ace.

I'm telling you you can. I've met aces of all kinds. And I've met allo people who definitely express sexual attraction while they are really emotionally repressed.

Ah, I feel like we have a long way to go...

BTW, I'm also gray-aro, in my head canon, Maomao reads also aro.

Oh there was a claim that Japanese don't know about asexuality, but they do. There was an entire really good drama about it, too. Though the main character is Black stripe ace and rather chaotic at first. lol I feel that chaos energy (as a grey-ace, though). I cringe so hard, but I feel it.

Koisenu Futari

BTW, I pushed for this drama since no one would cover asexuality correctly from Korea, I asked someone Japanese to do it... TT You have no idea how many years I asked Korea and Korea failed a few times over. lol When I said I was totally clueless around sexual attraction and that one could still do found family in the request, they totally put that in. Though not the way I was accidentally insensitive...

They mainly covered Black Stripe, though. Which is fair. But still managed to cover shades of Black Stripe in this drama.

Anyway, it is a reasonable head canon to think Maomao is ace. One can be emotionally repressed and ace.

[hulahoopsoupgroup]

I'll take anything, Canon au, modern au, I need my babies to be happy 😭

well, for starters, i have three vision types i could see clervie getting. i'll probably write a full fic in the near future, but lets start out with some silly little vision headcanons:

(spoilers for my fic utc)

1. anemo. i think we can all see this, with clervies main goal being freedom

lets say that, whenever peruere and clervie are in the arena together, arguing about who should take over the house and all that, once clervie says "the only freedom i truly possess is the freedom to choose to die," shes proven wrong by an anemo vision shooting down from the sky, and when she takes it, a little wind sprite appears on her shoulder, guiding her to safety and obscuring the air around her to hide her from any fatui soldiers that may be lurking nearby

arle goes and kills crucabena like normal and takes over the house, and before assuming her duties as a harbinger, she and clervie take a long time to travel around teyvat like they dreamed of doing when they were kids

2. hydro. i thought of this while writing the fic. clervie seems like she felt very strongly about getting justice for the kids at the house, and getting justice for what crucabena did to them. at first, she thought justice looked like getting crucabena put in prison and letting someone else take over the house, but then it changed to killing crucabena and having arlecchino take over the house. she always followed her gut on what justice looked like

so what if, one day when shes taking one of her coded notes out to the guardes in the forest one day, a hydro vision appears in front of her eyes, and she takes it, a look of wonder in her eyes, then looks around to make sure none of the fatui hiding around saw it and holds the vision out to the guardes and says "officers, i think i saw someone walk through here and drop this vision. can i go to the guardes station and report what he looked like so you guys can find him?" and nudges them so that they take her back to the court of fontaine, where she files a report against crucabena for child abuse and neglect, and shes tried at the opera epiclese and exposed and humiliated by so many testimonies from the kids

neuvillette himself congratulates clervie and makes sure every child under the house is protected until a new leader is chosen, or until clervie comes of age and can legally assume the position of mother of the house

the fortress of meropide makes sure that crucabenas (life) sentence is extra miserable, and makes sure to treat her the same way she treated her kids. she never got any visits from them

3. dendro. i thought about this a couple days ago and i thought it was kind of interesting. i saw somewhere (cant remember where but it was probably a reddit thread) about the different characteristics that characters of each element shared, and for dendro, it was a fascination/love for something (like for nahida, its humans, for tighnari, its plants, for kaveh, its architecture, etc)

i think for clervie, it would be something similar to nahida, a love for humanity, a love for the kids at the hearth. shes the mother that they never had.

lets say that during that last "showdown" at the arena, clervie talks about how much she loves the kids at the hearth and doesnt want to see them suffer, and how she wants someone to be there to guide them and teach them, and how she doesnt think shes worthy to do that, but then a dendro vision comes flashing down in front of her, and she looks at peruere with wide eyes.

lets say peruere somehow convinces clervie to go to that other building that crucabena kept the younger members of the house whenever she made all the teens kill each other, and make sure theyre all safe in one place while peruere goes to kill crucabena

while thats happening, clervie entertains the kids by filling pots with dirt and using her vision to sprout pretty flowers out of thin air. she loves seeing them smile, and she wants nothing more than to be there to teach the kids and make sure they grow up strong and happy

while theyre on their little teyvat world tour, arle and clervie buy several books and other academic supplies for the kids back home

[cosmic-nebula356]

Stirling as a dad

Picture this! The guy is 310 years old, always boasting and being dramatic about death and tragedy, now has a tiny small human in his hands that he helped made come to life. Even leaving him flabbergasted as to how it was possible to even happen.

He was familiar with death, god knows what kind of stuff he had to go through as a child, but life? Not really. He’s been a vampire for so long, he’s literally (and has confirmed that he used to be human at some point before) lost touch with his humanity. So seeing someone as scary and cold-hearted as Stirling, learning to become gentle and soft with his own child is precious to me.

And if the child is a human vampire hybrid, chances are he will do his best to teach them how to fly, shapeshift, hunt, etc. Bonus if he taught them how to walk on the ceiling.

💖💖💖

Old art btw

Here’s the link to the rest of the old art I made of Stirling and his baby:

[robot-roadtrip-rants]

Konrad Curze is yeeted to Gotham instead of Nostromo

A child mysteriously appears on the streets of Gotham and beats the living daylights out of whichever lunatic tries to kill him before Batman finds him. Batman, perennial foster failure of orphans, promptly adopts him. Motivated by a thirst for justice and violence, Konrad sets out to become the best Robin there is, and succeeds with flying colors because he’s a super powered transhuman. Damien is pissed about being outdone. Tim nicknames him Konny. Dick steps in as the Angsty Child Whisperer to get him to calm the fuck down. Steph and Cass are too busy getting screwed by editorial to make an appearance. Batman realizes immediately that Konrad’s physiology is hella op and embarks on an epic, years-long storyline to figure out what the hell is going on. At least three origins are introduced and then retconned. Konrad angsts about how he’s a monster who doesn’t belong anywhere. Much drama is wrung from this.

The writers keep using Konrad’s visions to foreshadow that Konrad is destined to be A Baddie. This goes on long enough that you start to suspect that the writers will never actually follow through on all that foreshadowing. Finally the DCU magicians are called in for a crossover, and this fixes all of Konrad’s problems for a few years. Unfortunately the spoopy visions are too good a story hook and eventually they come back just in time for Konrad’s other Primarch capabilities to properly manifest. More angst ensues. Someone travels from a bad future where Konrad became the totalitarian dictator of Earth after he snapped and killed the Joker for doing a genocide (or nuking New York, or starting the Fourth Plague Pandemic, etc.). All of the visions suddenly start focusing on Evil Future Konrad and how he'll murder people for jaywalking and it’s all very tragic.

Konrad flips the fuck out over his evil destiny just in time for the annual giant crossover event where Trigon or Darkseid or some other extradimensional monster invades. It might actually be good but the damn thing is spread out over multiple books and you don’t want to buy them all, so you ignore the missing chunks and just focus on the cooler splash pages of kickass fights. Konrad is nearly tempted to do An Evil but at the last second he is pulled back from the brink by the teachings of Batman, and possibly by the baddie gratuitously killing a popular B-list character. Instead he strikes the decisive blow and saves the day. Much rejoicing is had, and Konrad finally bids farewell to his evil destiny in a heartwarming scene where he is surrounded by the Batfamily. All is well in the DCU.

Five years later all of his character development is thoroughly destroyed when a writer decides he needs a shocking new villain.

Konrad fans lose their goddamn minds. Think pieces are written on all of the geek websites, Tumblr churns out discourse, Reddit churns out circlejerks, 4chan churns out gross memes, but somehow the worst takes all come from Twitter X. It’s chaos, absolute chaos, and honestly you’re kind of tired of it all, and the latest Batman cartoon looks pretty good, so you take a break from comics and just get your fix that way. Much later, you run across a drama write-up, which makes you wonder, whatever happened to Konrad Curze? You look him up on the DC wiki…but he’s gone. Vanished. Disappeared, just as mysteriously as he first appeared. It’s almost as if some mysterious entity whisked him away. A million theories circulate, but no one ever knows for sure.

The grim darkness of the far future may only contain war, but hey, at least it’s simple.

[theharlotofferelden]

A Detailed Character Portrait of Pen

I wanted to write a general analysis/summary of the characterization I was going for with Pen for my (in progress) fanfic Odds and Ends that included his background, temperament, and underlying neurodivergencies. More simply, this is just a very detailed headcanon I’m working with to inform upon how Pen moves in Sandrock (and explore other motivations outside of his relationship with the Builder). I’m taking a lot of liberties with the canon source material while trying, in essence, keep the headcanon faithful to the character (or, barring that, have it at least “feel” like they’re made from the same cloth).

I’ve never really posted something like this so I’m just going to give a very basic disclaimer: This is just my headcanon/reinterpretation of the source material. I’m not posting this with the insistence that it’s “canon compliant” or better than someone else’s headcanon (it’s not, and does something really need to be “better” in order for it to simply exist? No). I’m just sharing this because one of my resolutions this year is to share more of my work, and I think that posting this might encourage other folks to share their own Pen Essays (I know y’all are out there! You can’t hide from me I see you say this stuff on Discord all the time!!!)

Anyway here’s my informal, sexy essay on my Pencanon.

Summary: Pen is a military brat with multiple untreated comorbidities that affect his temperament and his ability to perform his job as a Duvos agent, which subsequently feeds into his ego, his penchant for poor behavior, and a reliance/addiction with experimental Duvos drugs (i.e. G.E.A.R.). Definitions:

Military Brat: A military brat is a child whose parents are predominantly deployed to war for most of their early lives (child to teen). Often times this includes relocation due to deployment, which is included as a part of this characterization.

G.E.A.R.: An experimental substance intended to boost soldier productivity, but as of now is only available to high ranking officers. It is marketed to Elite officers as an all encompassing “vitamin shot” full of nutrients that enhance strength, focus, and performance. The drug is usually administered by an Overseer as doses need to be stringently regulated to avoid adverse side effects, but abuse is not at all uncommon. Side effects include: dry mouth, bruxism, low mood, elevated mood, and overstimulation. Higher doses exacerbate these symptoms, and overdosing is to be avoided.

(Note: IRL, “gear” is slang that encompasses every performance enhancing drug [PEDs] out on the market. These drugs are banned from most sports, and those that allow their use tend not to speak publicly about it [i.e. body building and strongman, which isn’t even considering how it’s used in Hollywood]. I just thought I would give a nod to it because I honestly think modern AU!Pen would be a gym rat who’s into taking PEDs and has an alt account on Reddit specifically for posting on r/nattyorjuice lmao.)

Upbringing & Background:

Because Pen’s parents were always moving around due to being redeployed (they were both high ranking military officers who tended to be at the front lines). Typically what would happen is his parents (or parent depending on who he was with) would be a part of the militia leading a charge against a settlement they were seeking to occupy, and then after Duvos established a firm military presence, they would be redeployed elsewhere.

During times like this, Duvos would send their own educators to these areas to teach the children there. Pen would be included in these classes, but would often be shunned by his classmates purely by association of knowing who his parents are.

Other times, Pen would often be left to fend for himself at a military base. Despite his mother’s absence, she would often petition to have educators sent down to teach him as the ones they kept sending down weren’t up to the task of handling him. Kids in general have a hard enough time being able to identify or process their emotions in a way that’s healthy. A kid who’s ostracized by his peers and seemingly forgotten by his parents that’s trying to be educated by strangers is understandably going to resist and lash out against those trying to control him.

It’s during these formative years that Pen develops unhealthy coping mechanisms. He loses his temper, both verbally and physically. He takes out his aggression on others. The lack of socialization between other children leads to further disconnects in how he communicates with his peers. Being forced to apologize only leads to further outbursts (and no lessons are learned).

Pen would not be diagnosed with ADHD until his 10th birthday by an esteemed Duvos educator and psychologist named Matilda (within the military hierarchy of Duvos her title is “Overseer”).

During the next 4 years, Overseer Matilda would help mold Pen into the man he is in Sandrock. Her techniques of teaching Pen were effective in helping him engage with and retain information; the only drawback was that her techniques for helping Pen regulate his emotions were outdated at best, and borderline abusive at worst. Often time she would enable his poor behavior or otherwise exacerbate it by teaching him emotion suppressing techniques. It came at no surprise how emotionally reliant he became on her as he continued to grow and develop.

Pen returned to Duvos at the age of 15 when his parents were given promotions (cushy desk jobs back home). He attended the esteemed D.M.A. (the Duvos Military Academy) on his parent’s military prestige, which gave Pen newfound clout and social power within the hierarchy of the school.

However, due to his upbringing, he experienced a bit of a learning curve with how to integrate himself within the school as he found himself somewhat alienated (yet wanting to appeal) to his peers. He eventually found his worst behaviors (denigration, bullying, and a poor attempt at self deprecating sarcasm) were quickly rewarded.

Pen excelled academically with the aid of Overseer Matilda (who he was still seeing for both tutoring and counseling). He was very passionate about sports, athletics, and martial arts training as it supplied him with a healthy outlet to process his emotions. At least, up until he was presented with a special opportunity that was being offered to a limited few within the academy.

It was at the age of 17 that Pen was invited to compete for the opportunity and for a chance to win guaranteed high ranking employment within the Duvos military. It was during these competitions that Pen experienced an unprecedented amount of harassment from his peers, who made no effort to hold back just what everyone really thought of him. Unbeknownst to Pen, they all looked down on him. They thought he was stupid and annoying, and thought it was funny he relied so heavily upon Overseer Matilda. A group of them jumped him at one point and gave him such a severe beating he ended up in the medical ward.

Upon hearing what had occurred, Matilda decided to level the playing field by offering Pen a sample of an experimental drug that would come to be known as G.E.A.R. within the Duvos military, and would remain a public secret for years to come (especially in the Duvosian black market, which I’m sure the Mysterious Man would know absolutely nothing about). The “supplement’s” listed benefits of improving mental acuity, body enhancement, and overall performance.

Pen had his own apprehensions about taking an experimental drug, but Matilda reasoned to him that if his peers couldn’t fight fair, then why should he? The decision to take G.E.A.R. was what would lead him to winning the competition, and subsequently resulted in a dependence on the drug that would last into the next decade.

The opportunities this brought Pen were seemingly endless, despite how rumors began propagating as to how Pen so deftly leveraged the competition in his favor. The glory of winning the competition overshadowed these rumors, and won the hearts of many; he was never seen with the same girl twice (note: I didn’t find his sexuality relevant to this headcanon but FWIW I view him as an “it’s complicated” bisexual). He ended up shadowing under a high ranking commander in between his studies, and by the time he graduated he was already well integrated in the Duvos military.

Overseer Matilda won her own promotions, both for her shrewd pick in suggesting Pen for the competition, and for the years of education and child rearing that made him worthy of it. She ended up taking a higher office, and was subsequently entrusted with a mission of great importance; to integrate and erode the community of a prosperous pioneer town positioned in the middle of the Eufala Desert; Sandrock.

Current Temperament and Perspective:

Due to the years of rewarding Pen’s poor behavior, he’s become rather complacent and remains emboldened by Matilda’s enabling. He has little to no respect for Miguel’s authority despite his loyalties to Duvos (after all, he’s an outsider) and doesn’t think much of Burgess beyond seeing him as a full time sycophant, and occasional target for verbal and mental abuse. Beyond that, the only person he reports to is Matilda.

Although Pen still struggles with regulating his emotions in a healthy manner, it does take more for him to fully lose his temper. This is highly dependent on the trigger (side note: obstinate and confrontational women tend to be a huge trigger for him ;)) but generally speaking it takes overstimulating Pen to get him to fully flip his lid.

With regards to aiding the decline of Sandrock, Pen has very few qualms about doing so. The years of being fed a steady diet of disinformation and propaganda via the Duvos government “social conditioning” coupled with his unstable upbringing (his sense of “home” is entirely skewed, yet remains largely in favor of viewing Duvos as “home” purely due to his social and military obligations) has made him rather apathetic to the state of Sandrock, as well as the daily concerns and problems of it’s inhabitants. To Pen, Sandrock is a means to an end in establishing a strong Duvos presence within the territory of the Free Cities.

Pen thinks too highly of himself, and lowly of those around him to where most of the relations he has with the townsfolk are superficial at best. He never spends enough time with anyone for it to mean anything. Even entertaining Burgess is seen more as a pastime than a sincere effort at connection as Burgess inflates his ego both verbally and by virtue of existing in the same space as Pen (he tends not to think too highly of Burgess while training him because in his estimation he’d never amount to anything in the Duvos military).

Conclusion:

Pen is a juiced to the gills, emotionally unstable, selfish mess of a person who understandably has some valid reasons for moving in the way he does, but lacks the self awareness, compassion, and respect for others to change himself until someone comes along and fucks his shit up thank u for coming to my Ted Talk <3.

[queertrixie]

Home Video - a Kendall/Reader Fic

Well, yes, I did come back from my 12 year hiatus of writing fanfiction to create this masterpiece.

Home Video by HomoForce

Fandom: Succession (TV 2018)

Rating: Explicit

Relationships: Kendall Roy/Reader

Additional Tags: Smut, Blow Jobs, Cunnilingus, Vaginal Sex, Vaginal Fingering, Sex Tapes, Praise Kink, Light Dom/Sub

Summary:

You really fucking miss your boyfriend Kendall, so you devise a plan to film a sex tape when he comes home, so you'll never be lonely without him again.

Kendall had been out of town for an entire week at this point.

It was driving you absolutely nuts to be without him in his giant, sterile, white penthouse. Trying to fill your days with anything outside of work proved daunting - reading whatever dense looking books lined his expansive bookshelves, teaching yourself to crochet, even listening to the business podcasts he incessantly recommended. Absolutely nothing could make you forget his absence.

So it had come to this: watching videos of him wherever you could find them. Scouring every corner of the internet, YouTube, Reddit, even “X” to watch clips of him speaking in front of herds of journalists, paparazzi, news anchors.

His presence on a screen was magnetic, hard for you even to put words to. The way his eyes glimmered, reflecting bright overhead studio lights. The flex of his hands as he gesticulated each point. The slight smirk his plush lips twisted into when he knew he said something good. Something so charming, so smart, so witty that he had the audience eating out of his hands.

God, you were a starved animal staring at a piece of virtual meat.

It was no wonder your little fantasy came about. You can only spend so much time watching the man you love on screen before you start to get ideas.

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Sunday night finally came around, the Roy jet was touching down at any moment, and you could feel the anticipation so deep, it was the calcium that solidified your bones.

Kendall got home promptly at 9:05p and you threw yourself at him before he barely made it into the threshold of the penthouse.

Running, full force, throwing your arms around his neck and pressing your lips firmly against his. He greeted you with a swallowed chuckle, dropping his bag and stupidly expensive coat to the ground to wrap his arms around your waist and lift you.

“This is certainly a warm welcome…” he smiled down at you, returning your feet to the floor.

“I missed you…” you replied sheepishly. Even after all this time, you still got nervous around him after a period away. Like meeting up with someone for a second or third date, the anticipation tormenting the butterflies in your stomach.

He ran his hand over your cheek, swiping his thumb over your bottom lip. He chuckled again, quietly, and pulled you back for another kiss. It was long, intentional, charged with seven days worth of emotion. Kendall slotted his lips in between yours, letting his tongue slip into your mouth, letting out a small moan when you captured his bottom lip between your teeth.

“Oh, so that’s how it’s going to be?” He asked, eyes piercing yours as he broke the kiss. He brought a hand from your waist to your ass, squeezing hard, emitting a gasp from you.

You nodded. “I haven’t stopped thinking about you all week..” You grabbed his free hand, bringing it to your mouth, “I thought about your hands..your fingers..” sliding his index and middle finger into your mouth, sucking them, looking up at him through your lashes.

“I thought about how they felt inside of me…” you say, removing his fingers from your mouth, guiding them down to the bottom of your dress, slipping them under the fabric, under your silky panties, bringing them to your clit.

Kendall let out a deep groan at the contact. Watching you with heavy eyes, mouth slightly ajar.

You used your hand to guide him in circling your clit, releasing your grip to grab his shoulders once he took over the rhythm.

“You left me alone for so long, I had to resort to touching myself while watching videos of you..” you whispered. Kendall’s eyes had gone from hazel to a deep black, fully engrossed in the little performance you were giving him.

“I’m sorry baby, you know I wouldn’t take all these stupid fucking trips if I didn’t have to” he replied, increasing his pressure on your clit. “But, I can make it up to you. I can make it up to you over and over again. Just tell me what you need.”

You let the smallest smile spread across your lips. Bingo.

“I have an idea on how you can make it up to me, but it might be a hard sell...”

“Tell me baby, your wish is my command.” He rasped, slipping his fingers into you.

You moaned, leaning into him with all your weight. You pressed your lips to his ear, planting a kiss before whispering,

“I want us to make a little home movie.”

Kendall pulled back slightly, looking at your face, trying to gauge if you were being serious. You bit your bottom lip, nodding.

“Uh- I-...I don’t know if I can do that.” He responded, taking his fingers out of you, out of your panties.

You grunted unhappily at the loss of contact. “I’m like…a public figure. If a sex tape of me were to get leaked to the press, it would be a giant fucking field day… I would never hear the end of it from my siblings… it would tank my business deals.”

You smoothed your hand over his cheek, trying to stop him from descending into an anxious spiral at the suggestion of your idea.

“Ken, it’d just be for us. I just want something to watch when you’re away and I’m missing you like fucking crazy.” You watched his expression soften slightly, registering your words. “And it’d be for you too, obviously. For when you’re off on a business trip and a nude from me just isn’t cutting it.” He smirked, nodding his head.

“Okay, okay, I am getting more on board. There's a way to make secret folders in your camera roll, right? Maybe we can just… put the video in one of those.”

“Yes, you can make secret folders in your camera roll if you want to hide things” you laughed, “it never ceases to amaze me that a man who owns as many tech companies as you do still gets confused by his iPhone.”

“Hey! I will not apologize for being an older millennial. I still wish I had my Blackberry.” He retorted, trying to withhold a smile.

“Yeah, okay old man, c’mon” you giggled, grabbing his hand and pulling him to the bedroom.

Kendall trailed behind you as you guided the two of you to the other end of the penthouse. You flicked on the lights in the primary suite, the amber bulbs on each nightstand illuminating the room with a warm glow. Kendall stepped into the room behind you, placing his hands on your hips.

“So what now, my little director?” he asked into your ear.

“Well,” you spun around, facing him. “We should figure out where to set my phone, and then I guess….we just do what we normally do.”

You grabbed your phone from where it was charging, walking to the nightstand on your side of the bed. You set your phone horizontally on its side, leaning against your water glass from the previous night, lens angled at the bed.

You opened the camera app, and looked over your shoulder at Kendall, who was watching you from the center of the bedroom. You could see the outline of his erection through his pants. You smiled at him, really fucking happy to see that this idea was exciting him as much as it was you.

“I’m hitting record now!” you announced, pressing the button and walking back to him. The two of you stood there for a minute, staring at the screen, staring at your bodies facing each other. Kendall broke the tension, reaching out, slipping an arm around your waist and pulling you flush against him. He took his mouth to yours, slow kisses quickly morphing into passionate ones.

You moaned as his hands again found your ass, squeezing both cheeks before lifting you to his waist. You wrapped your legs around him, letting him carry you to the bed while you kissed.

Kendall laid you down on the bedspread gently, pulling himself back to stand and unbutton his shirt while he looked down at you. “God, you are so fucking beautiful, you know that?” he asked, finishing the buttons and pulling the shirt from his shoulders. You blushed, looking at his face, his chest, his subtly defined muscles, everything glowing in the amber light.

“You’re pretty fucking beautiful yourself” you replied, sitting up and grabbing his belt to pull him between your legs on the edge of the bed. He bit back a smile and shook his head ‘no’, before cupping your face in his hands and kissing you again.

You began to undo his belt, pulling it open before unbuttoning his pants and lowering his fly. His cock strained against his navy blue boxer briefs, precum already gathering on the fabric. Your mouth watered just looking at it.

“Go ahead princess” he cooed, seeing the direction of your gaze. You pulled his cock free from his boxers, shoving them and his pants down to his ankles. You worked him in your hand, pumping his cock in slow drags, watching his pupils widen as he watched.

You shifted your weight on the bed, angling your head, and slowly taking the tip of his dick into your mouth. You moved your tongue in circles around the head, cupping his balls with your right hand. Kendall’s head fell back as he let out a loud sigh, hand coming to rest on the back of your head.

You continued to inch him into your mouth until he was at the back of your throat. You hollowed out your cheeks, creating an excess of sensation for him. His fingers gripped the back of your skull as you moved your mouth back and forth across his cock.

“Yes, fuck, that’s so good” he panted as you continued.

You looked up at him, tears starting to form at the corners of your eyes, repeatedly taking all of him to the back of your throat, pushing yourself through nearly choking. You had finally worked up a perfect rhythm, Kendall so close to losing it when he pulled out of your mouth abruptly.

“Hold on, hold on…I don’t want to come yet” he said, breathless. You nodded, watching him try to regain his cool.

Kendall reached down, tucking his fingers under the hem of your dress, and pulling it off over your head. The cool air hit your skin, goosebumps breaking out all over. Your nipples stood on end, immediately shocked by the temperature change, pressing against the soft fabric of your bra.

Kendall kicked off his remaining clothes, kneeling between your legs. His hands snaked around your lower back, pulling you closer to him. He began to pepper your neck with kisses and bites, moving his way down to your chest. He deftly undid your bra, tossing it to the side. He lowered his head, taking one of your nipples into his mouth.

You let out a soft gasp as he bit down on the soft, pink, nub. Kendall’s fingers dug into your hips as he ran his tongue in circles around each nipple. You could feel yourself growing wetter with each swipe of his tongue, the ache between your legs becoming harder to ignore.

With that almost sixth-sense of his, he pulled his mouth from your nipple with a loud ‘pop’, standing up suddenly. You watched as he walked over to your phone on the nightstand, picking it up, and flipping the camera to focus on you.

“What are you doing?” you asked, unsure but excited with where this was heading.

“I think we need some different camera angles,” he said, seeming genuinely interested in the cinematic direction of your little sex tape.

He walked back to you, putting himself back between your legs, knees knocking against each other. The camera of your phone was trained down on you, looking up at him with endless pools of lust in your eyes.

“Be a good girl,” he instructed, guiding his thumb into your mouth. You sucked on his digit, humming approvingly at his direction.

Kendall slowly pulled his thumb from your mouth, pushing your jaw to hang open at the last moment. He used his free hand to grip your chin, bringing you closer to him. “Swallow,” he commanded, spitting into your mouth. You did as you were told.

“Good girl. Take off your panties.”

You quickly hooked your thumbs under the sides of your underwear, lifting your hips slightly from the mattress to drag them down your legs, letting them pool on the ground under your feet.

Kendall nodded approvingly as you looked back to him, before handing you your phone.

“Angle it at me,” he instructed, getting back on his knees. You turned the phone so the camera captured him, his body kneeled between your legs on the other side of the screen. Kendall gently pushed your torso back to recline, settling his head between your thighs.

He looked directly into the lens as he dragged his tongue in a long stripe up your pussy.

A gasp escaped your lips as he moved himself deeper into you, circling your clit with his tongue. You watched him through the screen, the video capturing the way his eyes devoured you as he worked his mouth.

“Ken…” you exhaled, his eyes flicking from the lens to yours. He smirked despite being buried between your legs, thrusting his tongue into your cunt.

“I need you inside me,” you pleaded, each movement of his mouth bringing you closer to orgasm. You could see the flames burning behind his pupils, your begging and whimpering further igniting the fire within him.

He pulled his mouth from you, wiping your slick from his face with the back of his hand. “Scoot back,” he instructed, climbing over you once you settled farther back on the bed.

Kendall took the phone from your hand, resting it against the pillows, the camera trained on your bodies in the center of the bed.

He pinned your wrists to the mattress above your head, dipping down to hungirly kiss you. You wrapped your legs around his waist, feeling his hard cock press into your lower abdomen. You rocked into each other, each of you past the point of niceties, needing the pressure of the other against your most sensitive areas.

Kendall pulled himself back, grabbing the phone, handing it to you. “Watch as you fucking take me,” he murmured, lining himself up with your pussy. You focused the camera on his dick, the way he gripped it, hitting the tip against your clit. You groaned as he teased you, before continuing to guide the head into your cunt.

You couldn’t believe you were recording your boyfriend burying his cock in you, your daydreams of this not nearly doing it justice. You moaned as Kendall settled all of himself in you, the two of you staring as he slowly began to move in and out of your pussy.

You dug the nails of your free hand into his shoulder, relishing in the feeling of his cock tapping that sensitive spot inside you. If there was one thing Kendall knew how to do, it was bring you very quickly to the edge, every single time.

Your legs were beginning to shake when Kendall stopped his thrusts, pulling himself out of you.

“I want you to ride me,” he exhaled, “I need you to see how good you look on top.”

He quickly rolled to his back, looking at you expectantly. You sat up, handing him your phone, and positioned your hips over his.

“Yeah, just like that baby,” he groaned as you lowered yourself onto him, taking his cock all the way to the hilt. Your phone was pointed at you, Kendall capturing every move of your body on top of his. You rocked your hips, building up a rhythm that made your legs ache, pressing your palms into his pecs.

“Look at the way you throw your pussy at me,” he rasped, feeling each slap of your hips rocking down into his. “You’re so fucking good, so so fucking good…”

You could feel yourself reaching your peak, Kendall’s praises and the fact that you were on camera edging you on. He brought one hand firmly down on your ass, the smack echoing loudly in the room. You groaned, biting your lip.

“No, let it out. Let me hear you,” Kendall commanded, smacking your ass again. You let out a tense ‘fuck’, feeling everything bubbling to the surface.

He reached his free hand down to your clit, firmly rubbing circles while you rocked your hips. “Ken..Ken- I’m- I’m gonna come,” you rasped, your nails leaving crescents in his chest.

“Yeah baby, come for me,” Kendall panted, snapping his hips up. Your orgasm racked your body, tensing every muscle before releasing, a wave growing twenty feet tall before crashing to shore.

Kendall fucked you through it, muttering words of encouragement, keeping the camera focused on you.

“Fuck, that was hot,” Kendall groaned, helping you lift your hips off him. He went to hand you your phone, before you stopped him.

“We’re not done yet,” you said, smiling. “You need to have your moment on screen too.”

Kendall rolled his eyes and laughed, but his cheeks blushed a tinge of pink, revealing how he actually felt.

You got down on your stomach, laying between his open legs.

“Watch me.”

Kendall’s eyes locked on yours as you took him into your mouth. You tasted yourself as you moved your mouth back and forth across his cock, using your hand to grip the base of it, twisting your fist while your mouth moved synchronously.

Kendall bucked upwards, pushing to the back of your throat, clearly unable to control himself. You choked around his dick, putting on a little bit of a show while tears fell from your eyes.

His orgasm rushed upon you suddenly, his head falling back to the mattress, free hand gripping your arm hard. The moan that escaped his lips made you shiver while his cum filled your mouth. You worked him through his crest and fall, swallowing at the end.

You pulled your mouth off Kendall, sitting up on your heels, smiling at how wrecked Kendall was. Grabbing the phone from him, you flipped the camera back to selfie mode before flopping down on the mattress beside him.

You brought your heads together in the frame on screen, leaning over to plant a kiss on his nose. He exhaled a shaky laugh, closing his eyes at the kiss.

You brought your phone back down to your chest, turning off the ‘recording’ button.

“Well, do you think you got what you needed?” he teased, rolling on his side to look at you.

He traced the freckles on your skin with his fingers while you looked at him.

“Yeah, baby, I think that was exactly what I needed.”

“Okay great, now text it to me, then put it in one of those secret folders.” He exclaimed, poking you square in your sternum.

You rolled your eyes, laughing, opening your phone to do just that.

[kirschbluetenregen-ao3]

🖤 Eclipse — Chapter 2 is (finally) here! 🖤

What is he up to?

I took me some time to finish the new chapter and I want to apologize for that. What happened?—Well, as you see, it’s obviously Sirius’s fault, I can’t work like that!

Jokes aside. Apart from feeling a bit down combined with a small lack of motivation, I struggled with my health for several months already (probably even longer, but we tend to ignore our problems). When I came back from Japan I not only had lots of work to do, I also concentrated on my health. That is something I now have to live with, but I’m on a better way and as I also reduced my working hours to further concentrate on my health, my Japanese classes and my writing, I hope that there will be more regular updates coming again.

Thank you to every single one of you who didn’t give up on me yet and is still interested in reading what I come up with. ❤️

Now, let’s concentrate on the new chapter where we will be introduced to Ichika, Yami and Yosuga. I loved putting in some aspects I learned in Japan (especially from the Samurai and Ninja museum I still want to blog about) and it this point I can also finally post a picture I found months ago on Reddit and which was a small inspiration for Yami’s looks in Hino.

At last, here you go with a small teaser of this chapter:

It was a goddamn tragedy that Ichika’s strength and talent were not as appreciated as she deserved. Female Samurai among them were very common, it was completely normal women were trained to fight alongside men on the battlefield. And just because their old man decided to hate her from the moment she was born and that it was her fault their mother died, she never had a chance within this clan. Yami Bousou was head of their family and everyone did as he said. His children are a shame and not worthy?—Reason enough for them to look down on them and ignore that their leader was a fucking cunt who had nothing better to do than abusing his daughter by using her as his punching ball.

The best thing that could have happened to them was their friendship with Ryuu. Ryuu had always been different. As an arrogant teenager Yami had found this boy was a dreamer with his way of thinking how he could change this world. But at the same time he had liked those ideas and the picture of a place his sister could live peacefully at. Ryuu had been the person that restored Yami’s faith in humanity when he had already been tired and embittered at a young age. He had found a way to trust someone else beside his sister. And suddenly there had been another person who tried to protect his sister like a brother by heart and not by blood.

He had sharpened his senses, had strengthened his muscles, had improved his skills as a swordsman not only to be able to protect his sister, but also to teach her how to defend herself. And when he had turned fifteen and received his scroll, the Dark Youjutsu had made him even stronger. He almost laughed when he remembered the confused look behind Bousou’s cold eyes when his son suddenly started to end their matches in a draw. That he showed more and more potential to surpass him. But instead of being scared, his old man had become megalomaniacal with mad ideas of taking over the entire country and his son at the top of it all as his personal puppet.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/60460129/chapters/159268119#workskin